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June 3, 2012
The Department of German Studies is proud to announce Prof. Classen's recently edited book about life and death within a philosophical and ethical discourse. Read below the German and English abstracts: Wie ging man in der Frühneuzeit mit dem…
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June 3, 2012
It is time – or nearly time – to breathe again. As another school year comes to an end, we reflect on the lives we have changed. We consider how we could have instructed our units just a little differently. We know we provided the best…
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April 11, 2012
"It was like the Oscars," said Professor David Gramling, "red carpet, collective suspense, a packed auditorium,—and then, the inimitable Alexander Ganz was called up to the podium!" On Monday evening, April 9 at the Memorial Student Union East…
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April 4, 2012
The Department of German Studies proudly announces Prof. Classen's latest edited book titled Aspects of Literary Translation. This first issue of the new book series Translation, Text and Interferences publishes papers dealing with a variety of…
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March 29, 2012
The Department of German Studies is proud to announce the latest publication from Prof. Albrecht Classen titled Kultur- und kommunikationshistorischer Wandel des Liedes im 16. Jahrhundert. Das Genre des Liedes, die zentrale Gattung der…
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March 26, 2012
The Department of German Studies is proud to announce the latest publication of Prof. Albrecht Classen. The early history of Sonora/Arizona (Pimería Alta) was profoundly influenced and determined by the Jesuit missionaries from Europe. After Padre…
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March 22, 2012
1968 has been described as the year that the world caught fire. Heated protests against the war in Vietnam. The politicization of the personal through the European and American social movements. The climax of Cold War tensions witnessed in the…
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March 20, 2012
What do people do in a crisis? Do they tend to react with fear, imagination, xenophobia, greed, ambition, anger, solidarity, love? This lecture course explores several moments of crisis and rebellion in German and European history since the 18th…
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March 10, 2012
As we near the end of the spring 2012 semester, the Graduate Enrichment Program (GEP) is just gearing up. Beginning after Spring Break and lasting till the second week of April we will be holding 4 GEP Workshops. Three of these Workshops are new and…
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March 10, 2012
March is always a time to think of new beginnings. Our students are beginning to consider what courses they will select next year, where they will continue studying, or where the quest for a professional position might lead them. We…